It's not just a trend, it's now a law.

The most correct date function is yyyymmdd:hh:mm:ss

Anything else is stupid, just like DST.

Carlos Slim. Mexican Telco Tycoon.

You also have an open sewer instead of a forum.

What is this? Sounds like Greenwashing of CC by Bill Gates. What happened to his work on Nuclear energy?

Free Enterprise.

More regulation rarely fixes the problems and creates more problems that only large multinational government tied corporations can comply. Example, the repeated problems with the Banking industry, one of the most regulated industries that has been repeatedly bailed out of bad banking by taxpayers. Filed under "too big to fail"

I actually used my phone as part of my HVAC system. The system has a Bluetooth service interface, so it was helpful to see if it had a clogged condensate line or other issue that I could take care of quickly. Unfortunately my login appears to not work anymore after an update, and I suspect the manufacturer has started cracking down to limit the use of the app by DIYers.

You don't even need to involve iCloud at all - you could include a printed TOTP secret that's associated with the device and will work with any TOTP app to generate a credential when needed, and don't be dumb enough to keep the secret anywhere on the device itself or in its bag/case. The pairing software will ask for a credential, and you give it when needed. Or you could provide the key as a YubiKey-like device, but that too would need to be kept separate from the phone/computer. Recyclers could pay a bonus for devices with a working key to encourage folks not to lose it.

This is just off the top of my head, and obviously the idea would need to be fleshed out, but the point is that there's no reason to make it a requirement that the manufacturer be involved anytime a device needs to be repaired while still maintaining a reasonable degree of anti-theft protection.

There is clipping in low bitrate Digital. It USED To be a thing back in the day of the very first digital playback devices (not CD players). CDs haven't changed since then.

I know "Okay Boomer"

CD Audio is digital. It literally offers no difference to all other Digital Formats, excepting for bitrate differences. Most listening is via some sort of digital conversion.

Vinyl is analog. There is a real benefit to analog, as it does not have some of the clipping effects digital is known for. Can most people tell the difference? Probably not.

I think if you could sue the officers personally instead of making the taxpayers foot the bill we might see some changes.

Or just treat law enforcement like a lot of other professions, and make a current professional liability insurance policy a requirement to keep their LE certification. Eventually, the problem children will accrue enough claims to make them uninsurable, which also fixes the "resign and go to another agency" problem that's way too common. I too would prefer to see an end to qualified immunity as it currently exists, but the insurance angle would probably be easier to implement while remaining fairly effective in weeding out those who abuse their authority.

About 13 years ago, as a long-time C++ developer, I was asked to revamp a complex order form written in Excel, using VBA. It was a weird experience because it was like time-travelling back to about 1990, in terms of programming capabilities. Needless to say, after working on that for a few months, I wouldn't trust Excel for my lemonade stand, leave alone anything important. It is crazily unstable.

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The simple version as I see it is that if Social Media account is used for PERSONAL things only, they can block people, if they use it to communicate within the scope of their job as a public servant then they can't.

Most people can't help themselves and comingle their public life and their private life.

Hello, fellow 5-digit Slashdotter. I, too, have also not moved on.

I do participate in Reddit a lot, but I think it's an absolute garbage company. However, there are some really good communities to be found if you dig a bit.

I can't imagine how it could possibly be a good investment.